A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!
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Beware of politicians who tell you they'll do all these wonderful things for you for only a small tax increase. Those tax increases are never as small as you might imagine, and the benefits are always smaller than promised and/or imagined.
Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.
I'm not going to raise taxes; I'm not going to have a wage increase for public employees.
There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that taxes are too low.
I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again.
My position has been consistent that middle class families should not pay more taxes. That hasn't changed.
I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I.
Today, and I'm very strongly against tax increases.
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
I am for lowering taxes.
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